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Venus may be geologically 'alive' after all, NASA reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its internal dynamics than once believed.

NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.
By Josh Dinner published
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."

Eerie NASA image shows eclipsed sun with an extra moon overhead. Yes — it's real.
By Damien Pine published
NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is expected to start science operations June 9.

Giant NASA science balloon completes trip around the world in 16 days
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's massive super-pressure balloon has completed a 16-day trip around the Southern Hemisphere — a milestone in high-altitude flight and atmospheric research.

Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in American history'
By Monisha Ravisetti published
"It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%."

Oldest gold in the universe may come from a place scientists never expected
By Sascha Pare published
Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new study hints. Powerful magnetar flares may be the reason.

James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.

'I won't be surprised if this is happening throughout the universe': Mushball storms on Jupiter offer clues to atmospheres of distant planets
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Large hailstones made of ammonia may explain why the gas is missing from large pockets of Jupiter's atmosphere.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft snaps first close-ups of weird peanut-shaped asteroid
By Patrick Pester published
NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.
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